Article ID: JNU12350 Article DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12350 Internal Article ID: 14625484 Article: A Multicountry Perspective on Cultural Competence Among Baccalaureate Nursing Students
.Journal: Journal of Nursing Scholarship
RESULT:
The study found a moderate range of cultural competence among the students. The ability to teach and guide other nursing colleagues to display culturally appropriate behavior received the highest competence rating, while the ability to discuss differences between the client's health beliefs or behaviors and nursing knowledge with each client received the lowest competence rating. Differences in cultural competence were observed between students from different countries. Country of residence, gender, age, year of study, attendance at cultural-related training, the experience of taking care of patients from culturally diverse backgrounds and patients belonging to special population groups, and living in a multicultural environment were identified as factors affecting cultural competence.